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Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 08, 2012, 02:57 PM:

Hello I may have a chance to pick up one of these for 650.00 have any of you used these what should I look for when buying any hidden problems? thanks

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on July 08, 2012, 11:15 PM:

Jim why you need to bother buying this old transfer machine?

This is just like you are buying a super hi-end VHS player in BluRay era or buying a U-matic broadcast camera in today HD camera era. No point to have that unless you want to collect as a part of history. Those machines were indeed sold quite expensive in their years but technology has changed and with far less money we can get much better result.

I don't thing the result made by this TRV will be any better than those transferred with a recent HD camera. Not to mention that today's transfer is done by scanning frame by frame.

my 2 cents.

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 09, 2012, 06:40 AM:

winbert thanks for your input i saw this item and have always wanted one to tinker with, believe it or not i still use a vcr to record but have up to date items a well the trv is from a transfer place and was used and still works from what ive been told but has some small defects.you may have just talked me out of this [Smile]

and for any other forum members out there, there is a place in california that repairs these if you want a 480 resolution camera installed instead of the 240 they can do that.

Posted by Desmond Godwin (Member # 2530) on July 09, 2012, 08:25 AM:

Jim, I thought i was the only person on the Forum still using a VCR for recording and archiving,so im happy to hear you are using one. The Elmo TVR8 chip would only have about 240 lines of resolution which is the average for standard VHS. The machine also has on board colour correction and although its basic it can correct color fade.The machine would be rare by now and would be a collector's item. For me its always great to own a piece of 8mm equipment that belongs to the era when 8mm was king! If i see something for my beloved hobby that i really want and i can afford it the 'bug' bites.. and it becomes a 'must have'. For years i was looking out for a Fuji SH30 projector and 2weeks ago i spotted one for sale. It needs some attention but WoW am i a happy man to own one. [Smile]

The link below will show you a demo of the TVR8 in action.

[Smile]

Desmond

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=aOKW6uUoOZE

[ July 09, 2012, 09:30 AM: Message edited by: Desmond Godwin ]

Posted by Winbert Hutahaean (Member # 58) on July 09, 2012, 09:11 AM:

Jim,

Here is the youtube link showing the latest frame by frame transfer is done:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=Xy3gGOXdEFQ&NR=1

Are you planning to transfer your films or just want to have this TRV machine?

If you are planning to do transfer, our forum member, Janice Glesser bought Moviestuff Workprinter which she said cost her less than $1000.

Here is her thread:

http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=006945

But if you want to do an economical way (taking into account you have already an SLR camera), here is my post:

The best (and economical) method in transferring 8mm films

The result is amazing, although it uses an old Eumig projector:

http://vimeo.com/20900718

cheers,

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 09, 2012, 12:10 PM:

it would be neat to have I was thinking of tranfering some films just to see how they looked but it might be an expensive door stop if it goes bad they are expensive to repair.

Posted by Bill Phelps (Member # 1431) on July 09, 2012, 01:08 PM:

Jim and Desmond, I still have 3 VCR's and use them regularly. Even when I do transfers I use high-end videotape.

Bill [Smile]

Posted by Jim Schrader (Member # 9) on July 13, 2012, 09:32 PM:

Well I picked this unit up today it came from a respected place that did transfers and it was serviced regularly, every year it was sent in to have a go over so I know it was taken care of and the best thing is I talked her down to 400. for it. I tried it today with a little rascals film and recorded it on my dvd recorder with a digital tuner built in and it looked pretty good. A great piece of history.

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